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- 1. About Cricket Cricket is a world famous game. The ICC (International Cricket Council) is the world’s governing organization for cricket. The ICC supervises and administers the game on behalf of its 108 members, and collaborates with them to promote the sport. It was brought to North America via the English colonies as early as the 17th century, and it spread to other regions of the world in the 18th century. Colonists introduced it to the West Indies, while the British introduced it to India. The Members of ICC:- As of August 2022, there are 108 ICC members, with 12 Full Members and 96 Associate Members. Who and When the 12 Full members of the ICC :- ● Australia (1909) ● England(1909) ● South Africa (1909) ● India(1926) ● New Zealand(1926) ● West Indies(1926) ● Pakistan(1953) ● Sri Lanka(1981) ● Zimbabwe(1992) ● Bangladesh(2000) ● Ireland(2017) ● Afghanistan(2017) 96 Associate Members are: Austria Argentina Bahamas
- 2. Bahrain Belgium Belize Bermuda Bhutan Botswana Brazil Bulgaria Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Chile China Cook Islands Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Eswatini Falkland Islands Fiji Finland France Gambia Germany Ghana
- 3. Gibraltar Greece Guernsey Hong Kong Hungary Indonesia Iran Isle of Man Israel Italy Ivory Coast Japan Jersey Kenya Kuwait Lesotho Luxembourg Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mexico Mongolia Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands
- 4. Nigeria Norway Oman Panama Papua New Guinea Peru Philippines Portugal Qatar Romania Rwanda Saint Helena Samoa Saudi Arabia Scotland Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovenia South Korea Spain Suriname Sweden Switzerland Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Turkey
- 5. Turks and Caicos Islands Uganda United Arab Emirates United States Americas Uzbekistan Vanuatu fact about Starting 3 Full members of ICC:- Australia :- In March 1892, representatives from the state associations of New South Wales, South Australia, and Victoria formed the Australasian Cricket Council, which became the first central administrative organization for cricket in Australia. Seven years later, the Council was abolished, and the Australian Board of Control for International Cricket was founded in 1905. Its inaugural meeting was attended by two members from New South Wales and two representatives from Victoria. Later that year, a delegate from Queensland attended its second conference, and its constitution was revised in 1906 to legally allow for one representation from Queensland and three representatives each from New South Wales, South Tasmania was allowed one delegate beginning in 1907, while Western Australian participation began in 1913. The only other modifications to the number of delegates granted by the states occurred in 1914 and 1974, when Queensland and Western Australia boosted their participation to two each. In 1973, the body was renamed the Australian Cricket Board, and on July 1, 2003, it became Cricket Australia. England :- The game of cricket’s beginnings are lost in the mists of antiquity. In the household records of Edward I in 1300, there is a reference to a game similar to cricket being played in Kent.
- 6. The English game appears to have started in the sheep-rearing area of the South East, where the short grass of the downland pastures allowed for the bowling of a ball of wool or rags towards a target. The wicket-gate of the sheep pasture was generally the target, which was defended with a bat shaped like a shepherd’s crooked staff. The game was extremely popular as a rough agricultural amusement by the 17th century, but the leisure classes took up the activity in the next century, notably in Sussex, Kent, and London. In 1730, an organised match was conducted at the Artillery Grounds in Finsbury, London. Cricket was played at every level of society by the middle of the 18th century, from village greens to opulent estates. The game, however, lacked a consistent set of rules. In the 1760s, Hambledon, Hampshire, saw the formation of the earliest and most prominent cricket club in the country. The club was supported by affluent benefactors, but the players were mostly local traders and farmers. The Hambledon club devised batting and bowling skills that are still used today, and Hambledon is known as the “Birthplace of Cricket” in history books. The game’s centre of power eventually relocated to London, most notably with the formation of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), which had its headquarters at Lord’s. Cricket’s first official laws were enacted by the MCC in 1835, and they are still in place today. Public schools such as Eton, Harrow, and Winchester offered a significant boost to the sport of cricket. The sport was so popular among the upper-class students that Lord’s hosted an annual contest named “Gentlemen vs. Players” from 1806 until 1963. In a contest that was a season highlight, the amateur “Gentlemen” from the colleges and universities faced their semi-professional counterparts, the “Players.” Major cricket matches can take up to five days, with each team getting two “innings” (or turns at bat). “Limited over” matches are a newer alternative to lengthier bouts. These events may take only 3-5 hours to complete in a single day.
- 7. Cricket is now played all over the world, and despite occasional victories, it is fair to argue that the actual strength in the game has migrated away from England and towards South Africa, Australia, India, Pakistan, and the West Indies. The county championships are the main emphasis of the game in England, with both four-day and one-day contests occurring concurrently over the summer months. Traditional village cricket, on the other hand, is still played in cities and villages across the UK. South Africa :- Cricket arrived in South Africa during the Napoleonic Wars, when British soldiers occupied the country. The earliest documented match was between two service teams in Cape Town in 1808 for a reward of one thousand rix-dollars. Sir Donald Currie sponsored the first visiting team, England, in 1888. England won both test matches, but South Africa joined England and Australia as a recognised contender in international cricket. Sir Donald Currie also established the Currie Cup in 1888 as a tournament among South African states, with Transvaal winning the first edition. The inaugural tour took held in England in 1894. South Africa won their first test match against England on January 4, 1906, at the old Wanderers in Johannesburg. South African cricket was cut off from the rest of the globe for 21 years due to the old government’s apartheid practises. Isolation occurred at a time when South Africa could legitimately claim to be the best test-playing nation in the world, following a 4-0 thrashing of the mighty Australians. Cricket Equipment is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of eleven players on a field with a 22-yard (20-metre) pitch in the centre and a wicket at either end, each with two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting team scores runs by striking the ball bowled at one of the wickets with the bat and then running between the wickets, while the bowling and fielding teams try to prevent this (by preventing the ball from
- 8. leaving the field and getting the ball to either wicket) and dismiss each batter (so they are “out”). Being bowled, when the ball strikes the stumps and dislodges the bails, and the fielding side either collecting the ball after it is struck by the bat but before it touches the ground, or hitting a wicket with the ball before a batter can cross the crease in front of the wicket, are all methods of dismissal. The innings finishes when ten hitters are struck out, and the sides switch roles. In international matches, the game is judged by two umpires who are assisted by a third umpire and match referee. They connect with two off-field scorers who record statistical data from the game.